Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running

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Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running
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Hipsters paying 2-3x as much for a vinyl LP which objectively has worse audio quality than a CD.

Most of the records I buy come with bandcamp codes. I can play the flac files if I want digital audio, physical media for me is about the thing itself. Often get full sized posters and patches. Shit I'll buy a tape over the cd too

Most CDs pressed after the mid-90's are audiological garbage not worth paying for.

If the waveform looks like this, I ain't buying it:

They usually have a higher bitrate than you can get from streaming. There's not one CD I have that I immediately tell the difference in quality of I switch between streaming (or even a standard mp3 actually) and a CD. CD wins every time.

So you have a crap master. Compare the same master between compact disc and vinyl when making your judgments.

alot of people dont work with audio, but i actually have, you may be downvoted, but you are correct.

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